Patent Docket Specialist

Binding Minds Inc. (Certified Disability Owned Business Enterprise) • Full-time • California, United States, US • $65k - $104k / year • 3w ago

Title - Patent Docket Specialist

Location - San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Diego, Los Angeles, CA & NYC, Washington DC

Full Time Permanent Role / Hybrid Shift

Job Details -

Docket incoming US Patent Trademark Office and foreign filing mail into docketing database; double checking for accuracy. Write effective notes into the database to ensure shared knowledge and historical reference. Routinely apply judgment to ensure that risk management is safeguarded, and docket data is complete and reliable.
Manage all forms of correspondence is accurately entered into the database and record keeping system. Investigate perceived discrepancies and inconsistencies in due dates and dockets; analyze and review mail where response dates are not apparent or where contingencies may exist; report issues and findings to appropriate attorneys and staff.
Act as resource to attorneys and staff, providing docketing guidance and expertise. Regularly and effectively communicate docket standards, protocols, and procedures to ensure understanding and compliance within department.
Review outgoing filings; de-docket relevant dates in docketing database; forecast and enter next action.
Ensure that any discrepancies in docket dates and responses are appropriately resolved and corrected.
Review relevant documents, such as letters, faxes, email, etc., relating to foreign filing responses and de-docket as appropriate; follow though with foreign filing specialists and department members as necessary.
Generate regular docket reports and distribute to department members.
Review and follow through on updates to docket report as identified by department members, input updates into docketing database.

Qualification -

Minimum three to five years of patent docketing experience preferred.
Excellent organizational skills.
Ability to work effectively and to prioritize under pressure; ability to meet deadlines under sometimes stressful conditions.